Comparison

TCI Bitacora vs Ian’s Awesome Counter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TCI Bitacora

Features
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INTERFAZ AMIGABLE Esta aplicación permite reportar tus actividades durante el transcurso del día mediante una sencilla e intuitiva interfaz (UI) REPORTE SUS ACTIVIDADES Permite consultar las actividades que diste de alta en la plataforma y estas serán guardadas en tu agenda para posteriormente registrar tus reportes de cada una de ellas, ademas podrás incluir una fotografía en tus reportes. La aplicación esta diseñada para poder realizar reportes sin conexión a Internet, estos se almacenan en el dispositivo de manera temporal y una ves que se cuenta con conexión, se reportan las incidencias.

About

Ian’s Awesome Counter

This utility app helps users improve focus and self-awareness with customizable prompts. Set intervals, start/end times, and track your progress over time to stay on task. Ideal for individuals or parents assisting with attention management.

Highlights
  • Customizable prompt intervals
  • Set daily start and end times
  • Track successful focus periods
  • View historical performance
  • Optional notification alerts
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Ian's Awesome Counter is a utility designed to help you be more focused and aware of yourself. My son, Ian, can sometimes have difficulty with regulation and management of his attention. We’ve tried several different strategies for helping him with this. One of the strategies that we found most successful was giving him regular prompts throughout the day and ask whether he thought he was on task and staying focused. Initially this took the form of a repeating countdown timer and a hand clicker, but after a while this became rather onerous to keep up with, so instead he and I worked together to design an Apple Watch app that would make this easier to do. The result is this app. You configure how often you want to be prompted, when the prompts should begin and end each day, and what your goal for successful periods is. Then Ian’s Awesome Counter does the rest. If you turn on notifications you’ll get an alert at the end of every period asking how you did and the values are recorded in the app. You can see your last week’s performance in the History view. This app is provided completely free of charge. I’ve found it really helpful for my family and my hope is that by sharing it, other families will find similar help from it. It can be worn either by the person working on their focus or by a parent/carer who can then relay the prompts.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TCI Bitacora at fortnightly against Ian’s Awesome Counter's every 33 months. TCI Bitacora also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TCI Bitacora ships an update fortnightly, Ian’s Awesome Counter every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TCI Bitacora versus Ian’s Awesome Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTCI BitacoraIan’s Awesome Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (55 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—55 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 33 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArmando MontellanoCross Forward Consulting, LLC

In-app purchases

None

TCI Bitacora

No in-app purchases

None

Ian’s Awesome Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TCI Bitacora free?
TCI Bitacora is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ian’s Awesome Counter free?
Ian’s Awesome Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TCI Bitacora or Ian’s Awesome Counter have ads?
Neither TCI Bitacora nor Ian’s Awesome Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TCI Bitacora or Ian’s Awesome Counter?
TCI Bitacora ships an update fortnightly, and Ian’s Awesome Counter every 33 months. Most recently, TCI Bitacora was updated on October 26, 2026 and Ian’s Awesome Counter on November 3, 2026.

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